你将看到什么
The Flying Ace turns a brisk railway mystery into a showcase for Black heroism, professional skill, romance, and aviation spectacle. Richard E. Norman's production gives its all-Black cast roles of authority and adventure at a time when mainstream American cinema routinely denied them such space. The effects are openly ingenious rather than seamless, but the film's confidence is part of its pleasure: clues, aircraft, disguises, and mechanical problem-solving keep the story moving. Its selection for the National Film Registry also recognises the importance of the independent race-film tradition it represents.
如何轻松入门
Treat the film as a compact mystery serial rather than an aviation epic. Keep track of the missing payroll, the railway staff, and which characters have access to aircraft; the detective plot becomes easy to follow once those pieces are in place. The Library of Congress viewing copy runs about 66 minutes and includes a modern musical presentation distinct from the 1926 silent Work.
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The flying machines are exciting, but I like the film's faith in competence even more. Billy Stokes returns as a hero and is allowed to remain observant, technically capable, and calm while the mystery grows around him. The tricks may be visible, yet the freedom imagined through flight still feels expansive.
— Momo
演职员与版本
- 制片
- Richard E. Norman · Norman Film Mfg. Co.
版本概览
影片信息的资料来源
- Library of Congress — The Flying Ace
- Library of Congress — The Flying Ace item resource metadata
- AFI Catalog of Feature Films — The Flying Ace
- U.S. Copyright Office — What is Copyright?
- Library of Congress — National Screening Room: About this Collection
- Library of Congress — National Screening Room: Rights and Access
机构提供的免费观看
Official institutional presentation
Library of Congress National Screening Room — 2016 Kino Lorber digital viewing copy
1926 film · 2016 Kino Lorber digital viewing copy · LOC resource 3,950 seconds (65:50), catalogued as 66 minutes · black-and-white.
- Destination
- Library of Congress
- Viewing region
- United States rights finding; LOC online destination. LOC describes the National Screening Room as serving viewers worldwide, but availability can change and foreign-country rights may differ.
- Music
- LOC identifies a score compiled from historic photoplay music by the Mont Alto Motion Picture Orchestra and names its performers. The score, performance, and recording remain separate from the underlying film and are not cleared for reuse.
- Subtitles
- The presentation uses English intertitles. The checked LOC resource metadata does not identify a separate caption or subtitle file.
- Master
- LOC does not identify the precise preservation or source element behind the hosted file. The 2016 Kino Lorber transfer and hosted master remain separate from the underlying U.S. public-domain film.
Rights note. LOC records the underlying film as originally released in the United States in 1926. The U.S. Copyright Office says works published in the United States before January 1, 1931 are in the public domain.
This finding concerns the underlying film in the United States, not every restoration, score, subtitle file, recording, or master.
Use the LOC item/player link. Monocurator does not embed the direct media file or claim permission to redistribute, edit, extract, or rehost the transfer, score, performance, or recording.
Rights & access evidence ↗ · Publication evidence ↗ · Availability evidence ↗
Watch on the Library of Congress item page. Monocurator does not embed, copy, or rehost the presentation. Checked 2026-07-27.
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